08-13-2014, 08:13 PM
^ Thanks, aussie.
I don't doubt that there are others who agree with the authors of that article; that the term is politically incorrect or insensitive due to negative association.
I don't think that way at all. It doesn't change my feelings or thoughts to hear/read that someone "committed suicide" vs. someone "took his own life" vs. someone "killed himself". They're all accurate.
And, I don't doubt that you and the authors are right about there still being plenty of people who view those who commit suicide as sinners or criminals for having done so. I'm not one of them. I'd be surprised if those who view it that way would see it any differently no matter how the act was termed though.
I don't doubt that there are others who agree with the authors of that article; that the term is politically incorrect or insensitive due to negative association.
I don't think that way at all. It doesn't change my feelings or thoughts to hear/read that someone "committed suicide" vs. someone "took his own life" vs. someone "killed himself". They're all accurate.
And, I don't doubt that you and the authors are right about there still being plenty of people who view those who commit suicide as sinners or criminals for having done so. I'm not one of them. I'd be surprised if those who view it that way would see it any differently no matter how the act was termed though.